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Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines - With an Appendix: Earthquakes in the Marianas Islands 1599-1909 by Miguel Saderra Masó
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| | |1645; but it caused fewer ruins, partly on
| | |account of its short duration, partly
| | |because it found buildings of less height
| | |and greater power or resistance than those
| | |erected before 1645. Nevertheless it
| | |destroyed the monastery of Santa Clara and
| | |did great damage to the churches and
| | |monasteries of the Dominicans and
| | |Recollects, likewise to the archiepiscopal
| | |palace, the Jesuit College, and a
| | |considerable number of private buildings.
| | |The epicentral region appears to have
| | |included only the southern part of Luzon.
| | |
18 |1665 VI 19 -- -- |VIII |Destructive in Manila and adjacent
| | |provinces. In the ruins of numerous houses
| | |19 persons perished and many more were
| | |injured. Of public buildings only the
| | |Jesuit Church is mentioned as having
| | |suffered to some extent.
| | |
19 |1675 II -- -- -- |VIII |Destructive in northern Mindoro and
| | |Batangas Province. Mention is made of
| | |extensive landslides, the opening of many
| | |fissures and the subsidence of large
| | |tracts on the beach of the northeast
| | |coast of Mindoro. The repetitions were many
| | |and severe.
| | |
20 |1683 VIII 24 -- -- | VII |Damaged some buildings in Manila.
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